A little boy has 18 years of free holidays to look forward after he ran into everyone's favourite Christmas helper Buddy the Elf on a plane.

18-month-old Wallace Walkden was heading to Kittila with his mum and dad when a Will Ferrell look-a-like dressed in his full Elf uniform made a surprise appearance and started causing chaos.

Before he boarded the plane Buddy went up the escalators in Buddy's quirky style and took a ride on a suitcase trolly.

After getting onboard the plane at Manchester he played on the plane's intercom and ran up and down the aisles giving out high-fives before announcing TUI had sent him to give the youngest passenger a Golden Boarding Pass.

The special ticket gives little Wallace a free holiday every year until he turns 18.

Wallace Walkden has obviously been a very good boy this year! (Image: TUI)